Excavation receptacle/bedding box

{
  "publication_number": "US11008160B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Excavation receptacle/bedding box",
  "abstract": "An industrial sized receptacle or bedding box for industrial fill material which is formed by a distal plate, a proximal plate, two side plates, and a bottom plate. The bedding box is equipped with a means for engagement by a secondary device, such as the bucket of an excavator or similar heavy machinery. The bedding box can then be manipulated by the secondary device to lift and tilt the bedding box to empty the contents of the bedding box through an opening in the proximal plate.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A bedding box for storing soil, stone or other construction material, the bedding box comprising: a container terminating in a distal end plate and a proximal end plate, said container being further bounded by side plates and a bottom plate, said distal end plate, said proximal end plate, and said side plates terminating at a container upper rim; a substantially horizontal member affixed at one end at or near said upper rim on one said side plate and at another end at or near said upper rim on another said side plate; a lateral lifting member extending proximally from said horizontal member, the lateral lifting member being shaped for an excavator bucket to grip or attach at or near a proximal end of the lateral lifting member; and a cantilever member extending from the horizontal member towards the distal plate.",
    "2. The bedding box of claim 1 which further comprises two or more substantially upright support members wherein one said upright support member is affixed substantially vertically at one end to said upper rim of the one of said side plates and another said upright support member is affixed substantially vertically at one end to said upper rim of the another said side plate.",
    "3. The bedding box of claim 2 wherein said horizontal member is affixed at the one end at or near a superior end of one said upright support member and at the an other end at or near the superior end of the another said upright support member.",
    "4. The bedding box of claim 1, further comprising: a reinforcing bar positioned to mate with the bucket of an excavator.",
    "5. A bedding box according to claim 4, wherein the reinforcing bar is arranged so that the said bedding box can be pushed, raised, or tilted by the excavator when the excavator's bucket is in contact with the reinforcing bar.",
    "6. The bedding box of claim 1 wherein said proximal plate further comprises a hole of sufficient size for the contents of said bedding box being to fall through when the distal portion of said bedding box is raised relative to the proximal portion of said bedding box.",
    "7. The bedding box of claim 1 further comprising: a plurality of skids residing below said bottom plate and substantially spanning between said distal end plate and said proximal end plate.",
    "8. The bedding box of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of vertical struts affixed substantially vertically along said side plates."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to a bedding box that can be employed to hold stone or similar fill material at a construction site, and particularly for a bedding box suitable for use at sites with limited space.\n\nExcavators are used to move material during excavation and construction projects. Often, the material moved by the excavator must be removed from a particular area of a site using a material container or bedding boxes. Such material containers can be difficult to move and to empty.\n\nBedding boxes are employed as on-site storage containers for holding stone and other materials used in the course of bedding, grading, and related tasks at a construction site. Bedding boxes are large, massive boxes that frequently have a frame to add strength and rigidity and terminate in an end frame that is configured to provide a passage into which the bucket of an excavator can be wedged. When the bucket of an excavator is so wedged in the opening, the boom of the excavator can be raised, and the bedding box is lifted by the bucket, and can then be moved around the site.\n\nOne of the difficulties of the currently available bedding boxes is that the engagement of the bedding box with the bucket of the excavator does not permit the excavator operator to position the bedding box over the dump site and pour the contents of the bedding box accurately and without spillage into the surrounding areas. Instead, the contents of the bedding boxes must be removed by scooping its contents out with an excavator and then dumping the contents onto the fill site with the bucket of the excavator.",
  "cpc": [
    "B65D 90/0033",
    "B65D 88/123",
    "B65D 88/56",
    "B65G 65/23"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "B65D 88/12",
    "B65D 90/00",
    "B65G 65/23"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Pipe Bedding Solutions LLC"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Reggie L. Schrank",
    "Riley Schrank"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2019-03-18",
  "publication_date": "2021-05-18",
  "grant_date": "2021-05-18",
  "priority_date": "2019-03-18",
  "application_number": "US-201916356873-A",
  "family_id": "72513606",
  "cited_by_count": 0,
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